What is E-1 BAH at County Cost Group 710 in 2026?

$1,128 per month without dependents ($13,536 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $1,404 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-1 BAH at County Cost Group 710 2026 — $1,128/mo without dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

County Cost Group 710

E-1 · without dependents

$1,128/ month

$13,536 / year

At E-1, this is #287 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,446 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,404 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

County Cost Group 710 — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,404	$1,128
E-2	$1,404	$1,128
E-3	$1,404	$1,128
E-4	$1,404	$1,128
E-5	$1,515	$1,227
E-6	$1,818	$1,362
E-7	$1,890	$1,419
E-8	$1,968	$1,581
E-9	$2,082	$1,665
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,836	$1,380
W-2	$1,920	$1,578
W-3	$2,019	$1,677
W-4	$2,106	$1,830
W-5	$2,220	$1,905
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,902	$1,512
O-2E	$2,004	$1,644
O-3E	$2,124	$1,809
Officer
O-1	$1,560	$1,293
O-2	$1,815	$1,482
O-3	$2,016	$1,704
O-4	$2,253	$1,887
O-5	$2,424	$1,926
O-6	$2,442	$1,998
O-7	$2,454	$2,028

What this rate means

E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month

New York City$4,833

Wichita$1,137

Columbia$1,134

Holloman AFB$1,131

Peoria$1,131

County Cost Group 710$1,128

Bismarck$1,125

Brownsville$1,125

Johnson City$1,125

Springfield$1,119

Fort Chaffee$879

County Cost Group 710 is #287 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7100 – $2,028 / month

E-1$1,128

E-2$1,128

E-3$1,128

E-4$1,128

E-5$1,227

E-6$1,362

E-7$1,419

E-8$1,581

E-9$1,665

W-1$1,380

W-2$1,578

W-3$1,677

W-4$1,830

W-5$1,905

O-1E$1,512

O-2E$1,644

O-3E$1,809

O-1$1,293

O-2$1,482

O-3$1,704

O-4$1,887

O-5$1,926

O-6$1,998

O-7$2,028

Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Dependency status is worth 24% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

None of it is taxed. $1,128 a month of BAH takes more than $1,128 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.

E-1 without dependents at County Cost Group 710 draws $1,128 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you